Making Beats In 2015

My day job is in construction, It pays my bills =D I thought why not turn this into a quick construction zine. Well it didnt work as well as I had originally planned. :( Only the cover turned out alright.

I started running out of ideas, I also couldnt figure out how to simplify each scene, so I decided to try another idea.

Photos of construction zine attampts below, in sketch form---->

This is how far I got on the vector construction zine, the blue thing is a Dehumidifier & an industrial Fan.

Front Cover has an Olfa Blade, Red Pry Bar, Chalk Line.

Page 1: Work order, Page 2: inside work van. Page 3: Clients Home

Long story short, after sharing my idea with a family member I felt as though my construction zine wasnt very relatable to others. Then I remebered that when I get creative block in illustrator I tend to write music or create beats to clear the mind.

I then decided to make the zine about Making Beats in 2015, As music is obviously a lot more relatable.

In comparison to the construction zine, the beats zine was less of a struggle to complete.

Making A Beat In 2015: (In written Scene form)

title (daw/controller)

Computer, controller, keyboard, mouse (home studio)

searching Youtube for instrumental jazz samples

searching sample files on computer library for sounds to sample

Cut samples in controller as waveforms, layer over drums

listen & adjust beat on studio Headphones

upload song to Soundcloud for sharing

Thanks for checking out my first zine attempt! Hopefully my ideas have transferred correctly for everyone to understand. Your thoughts & advice are much appreciated!